The act of living in Zimbabwe is something of a risk at the moment, so you may imagine that there would be very little affinity for supporting Zimbabwe’s gambling halls. In fact, it appears to be working the opposite way around, with the awful economic conditions creating a larger desire to wager, to attempt to locate a fast win, a way from the difficulty.
For the majority of the locals living on the meager local wages, there are 2 established forms of wagering, the state lotto and Zimbet. Just as with most everywhere else on the globe, there is a national lotto where the probabilities of hitting are unbelievably small, but then the jackpots are also extremely large. It’s been said by market analysts who understand the subject that the lion’s share don’t buy a card with the rational assumption of winning. Zimbet is built on either the domestic or the UK football leagues and involves determining the results of future games.
Zimbabwe’s gambling halls, on the other hand, pander to the astonishingly rich of the country and vacationers. Up until a short time ago, there was a very large tourist industry, based on safaris and trips to Victoria Falls. The economic woes and associated conflict have cut into this trade.
Amongst Zimbabwe’s gambling dens, there are two in the capital, Harare, the Carribea Bay Resort and Casino, which has five gaming tables and slot machines, and the Plumtree gambling hall, which has only slots. The Zambesi Valley Hotel and Entertainment Center in Kariba also has only one armed bandits. Mutare contains the Monclair Hotel and Casino and the Leopard Rock Hotel and Casino, both of which have gaming tables, slot machines and electronic poker machines, and Victoria Falls has the Elephant Hills Hotel and Casino and the Makasa Sun Hotel and Casino, the pair of which have gaming machines and table games.
In addition to Zimbabwe’s gambling halls and the aforementioned mentioned lottery and Zimbet (which is very like a pools system), there is a total of 2 horse racing complexes in the state: the Matabeleland Turf Club in Bulawayo (the 2nd municipality) and the Borrowdale Park in Harare.
Given that the economy has shrunk by beyond 40 percent in the past few years and with the associated deprivation and bloodshed that has arisen, it isn’t well-known how well the vacationing business which is the foundation for Zimbabwe’s casinos will do in the next few years. How many of them will carry through till conditions improve is merely unknown.